title: MDCT evaluation of congenital mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa aneurysm: implications for the aetiology and differential diagnosis.
abstract: Mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa aneurysm is a rare disease whose aetiology remains a matter of debate. Here we present the youngest reported patient with the disease, a 6-month-old boy, without a history of infection, which supports a congenital origin as initially proposed. Multidetector-row CT (MDCT) surpassed echocardiography in delineating the intracardiac anatomical details with high spatial resolution, confirming the important problem-solving role of MDCT in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: I-Chen
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Yun-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Pao-Chun
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ming-Chih
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Sheng-Ling
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jan
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007472:Iohexol; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D007472:Iohexol